paraconsistent

Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one from entailing acceptance of all contradictions.

Adjective

  1. Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one from entailing acceptance of all contradictions.

Origin

Coined in 1976 by the Peruvian philosopher Francisco MirĂ³ Quesada, from para- + consistent.

Derived

paraconsistentization paraconsistent logic paraconsistently